Update (5:30 p.m.): Jason Garrett, speaking on ESPN San Antonio's "The Blitz" this afternoon, said reports that he cut Michael and White for not wearing suits are not true.

Leave it to the Dallas Cowboys to overshadow a cathartic victory with more laughable shenanigans.

According to reports from TMZ.com and the Dallas Morning News, the Cowboys elected to cut cornerback Corey White and running back Christine Michael for not wearing suits on the team's Week 10 road trip to Tampa Bay.

"Sometimes you just have to drop the hammer," a Cowboys player told the Morning News.

This is the same organization that employs Greg Hardy — who has done nothing but make headlines for erratic, unstable behavior on and off the field — "dropping a hammer" for a dress code violation. But the Cowboys elected to make an example of two men who rarely see the field.

White told TMZ he was wearing slacks and a button down, which he didn't believe to be a violation of code. The 25-year-old was wrong in that assessment, but he's not bitter, saying it's "the rules."

This dog and pony show looks like an attempt by head coach Jason Garret to assert more control over the team, a fact reiterated by NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.